Eye for handles and the like.



r. F. REILLY. we m HANQLE'S'AND 1HE Luge;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1917.

, 'Patented Mar. 26,1918.-

JOHN F. REILLY, OF SMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYE FOR HANDLES AND THE LIKE.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 19118.

Application led July 13,1917. Serial No. 180.468.

To all whom it may concern." 1

Be it known that I, Jol-IN F. REILLY. a citizen of the United States,residing at. Somerville, in the county otMiddleseX and lState oflytassachusetts. have invented new and useful Improvements in Eyes forHandles and the like. of which the following' is a specification V Thisinvention relates to improvements in eyes formed ol sheet material andhas for its object to provide a cheap. strong' and durablc eye adaptedto be utilized as a handle or to have attached thereto strips ofmaterial. such as leather or the like, andA which is so constructed thatit will not cut or chate the material attached thereto and when used asay handle it will present a smooth rounded surface to contact-with thehand.

rlhe invention consists in the combina-v tion and arrangement ot' partsset. forth in the following specilication andparticularly pointed out inthe claim.

Referringr to the drawings:

Figurel is a side elevation of a pair ol eyes each embodying thisinvention and con nectecl together by a strip ot neet materialconstitutinga handle.

Fig. "t is a side elevation ot' an eye t'ormed in accordance with thisinvention, shown attached to the end ot a case and performing thefunction ot' a handle.

Fig'. 3 is a section taken on the line -3 of ing.

Fie". -l is a section through an eye en'ihodyingr ,this invention.showing they same attached to the end ot a strip ot' sheet material.

snclnas a strap.

Fic. 5 is a section through an eye. illustrating' how said eye may beattached to the top` ot' a ease to serve. as a handle therefor.

Like numerals rel'er to like parts throughout the several viewsof thedrawings.

ln the dra wings. referring particularly to hier. 1. (i and 7 representeyes which are l'ormed Vfrom sheet material. such as steel or fiber.This material is bent. double at 8 or l'olded near thc center thereof sothat the two sections t) and 10. formed by said fold, will besubstantially coextensive and lie l'ace 1o tace. l'or at least a portionof the area thereol'. llach oi' the sections S) andllt) is pcrt'oratmlat adjacent lport ions lo t'orm holes ll. 1l which are adapted to alinewith each other.` v 1 l rl'hese, holes are arranged near one edge of thefolded material. prelerably the toldcd A ed ge -8, and they are formedby partially detaching'. portions ot' said sheet material and thematerial detached in this manner is bent, laterally ot' the tace of eachsection at 12 and in opposite directions to each other. there byformino; a thickened section or reinforce ment 17 along' one edge of thehole 11. rl`hc extremities lb ot' the portions 12 ot the material whichare partially detached from the sections t) and 10 are then bent towardthe edge 8 and said extremities are then 'forced against the adjacentt'aces of the sections J and 1t) soas to cover said extremities.

The portions of the sections 9 and 10 alongv the sides opposite to thefolded edge 8 may be perforated as at 1l, 14 to receive screws orrivets. whereby said eyes may be attached to a ease. trunk or the like.There are numerous ways in which eyes formed in Jthis manner may beutilized. t'or instance,

in Fig. 1 a pair oi? eyes are employed as :tasfening' means tor a handle15 constructed of sheet material which the holes 11 and t'astened at 1G.The rounded or thickened, portions 17, when used in this connection.will not chate or cut the material constituting the handle 15 eventhough the material trom which the eyes are formed is vciy thin.

When used as shown in Fig. 1 the sections t) and 10 ot' the sheet.material are preferably offset slightly at 1S so as to allow sntlicientroom between lhe` edge, to which the handle is attached. and theadjacent portion ot the case to which said eye is attached. The eyes sot'ormcd may also be employed as handles without necessitating' the useot the handle 15 and these eyes may be attached to the ends ot' trunksor chests in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and El. sullicicnt room beingprovided at 19 by otl'settine the sections 9 and 1t) at 2() to permitthe fingerssto be inserted through the holes ll and through the space19. t

By termine the eyes of two substantially coextensive sections. as at 9and 10, said eyes may be attached to the end ol a strap or sheetotmaterial 2l. sec his'. l. wth the perforated edges ol said sections 9and l0 upon opposite sides ot' said lsheet material, thereby providing avery strong.y handle.

i ln Fig. 5 an eye. embodying' the invention hereinhefore described. is`shown attached as a handle to the top ot a case. in which instance, thesections f) anyl l0 are heut` at Q2 is looped through and 23respectively 'in opposite directions",

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the particular angles of the extremities ofL 'the sections 9 and 10which are attached toE the ceses, trunks or the like, may be varied fromthe forms illustrated Without departing from the spirit and scope oi.the invention.

Having thus specifically described my invention what I claim and desireby Letters Patent to secure is:

A device of the elites described constructed of sheet material folded toform two suien etantially parallel eoextensive sections, seid sectionshevingholes formed therein adje cent to the folded edge of said materielby pertizilly deteching portions of said sheet material therefrom, seidpartially detached portions of sheet material being curved lat erullyand outwardly from Seid sections in opposite., directions `and towardthe folded edge ofA said jmateriel to form thickened edges along thesides of said holesneerest to said fold.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set.

my hand in presence of' e subscribing Witness.

l JOHN 1?. REILLY itness: A

SYDNEY E. TAFT.

